Germany – Software package and information systems – Beschaffung von ISMS-Tools

The State of North Rhine-Westphalia, represented by the Ministry for Home Affairs, Municipalities, Building and Digitalisation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MHKBD), wishes to enhance information security at the state level as well as at the municipal level. To achieve this goal, the MHKBD aims to provide a means for the state administration, including all departments, as well as for all municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia and IT service providers controlled by them, to procure Information Security Management System Tools (ISMS-Tools) in an economical, simple, and efficient manner. An ISMS-Tool is a software program that assists institutions in systematically organising and managing their information security. It helps to systematically record IT assets, assign responsibilities, and establish an IT security governance structure, systematically address risks, select and implement appropriate technical and organisational protective measures, create reports on the status of information security, and demonstrate compliance with legal or regulatory requirements, such as the BSI Basic Protection Catalogue and the BSI Standards of the 200-x series.